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Who'll be top of the pops?
Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On, Boyzone's No Matter What, B*Witched's C'est La Vie, Because We Want To by Billie, The Spice Girls' Viva Forever or Never Ever by All Saints... which is your favourite? Tonight we're all getting the chance to name our
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Walking with Mike Priestley
Beatrix Potter did not figure largely in my childhood reading. I was more of a Rupert Bear lad myself, until The Famous Five and Just William took over, with Biggles following on close behind. But I dipped into the worlds of Peter Rabbit and Squirrel
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On-spot aid for New Year revellers
Sick or injured revellers celebrating the New Year in Bradford will get on-the-spot treatment from a new mobile city centre medical team. Ambulance chiefs have joined forces with the St John Ambulance to set up a treatment station in Centenary Square
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Concern about ten smear test centres
Ten cervical smear centres in the Bradford district are being targeted by health chiefs after a survey revealed test failure rates of up to four times the average. Tests for signs of cervical cancer on women were examined from 140 centres in the area.
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Ex-museum site 'won't be a junkyard'
People living near the former Transperience Discovery Park are to be asked their views on the future of the site. Planners believe the land is suitable for offices, industry, hotels or warehousing but they think the portion nearest homes should be restricted
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'Ugliest building in Bradford' has found a buyer
Bradford city centre's biggest white elephant has finally been sold - after two-and-a-half years. The seven-storey Yorkshire Building Society block in Westgate - dubbed the ugliest in the city - was put up for sale with a £1 million price tag. The Society
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My letters from John's killers
A Bradford man has struck up a bizarre pen-pal friendship with the murderer of Beatle John Lennon. In his amazing letters, Mark Chapman, who is serving a 20-year sentence for shooting Lennon, admits he deserves to stay behind bars for the rest of his
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Better buys
Coach Matthew Elliott believes his newly completed 23-man Bulls squad is the strongest in the club's recent history. After finalising his team strengthening this week with the addition of Aussie back-rower David Boyle and the axing of a further four fringe
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Eating Out
"You've heard of Breakfast at Tiffany's?" I asked of the Eating Out editor. "Well, I'm going for breakfast at Sainsbury's!" Supermarket shopping can be a real chore at this time of year and a slap-up breakfast can work a treat to bribe reluctant partners
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Letter from the Dales
A Dales friend has just returned from a full-dress rehearsal for Christmas. It was called "turkey and tinsel". A bus party was taken on a mystery ride to a distant hotel, where they re-enacted the Christmas festivities over three successive days. Tuesday
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They're dreaming of a light Christmas
City centre nightclub and bar owners have branded Bradford Council a Scrooge after it failed to put up Christmas lights in Manor Row. The owners of the night-spots claim they're losing trade because customers aren't getting into the Christmas spirit.
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Spruce up your Christmas
Up to five million people in Britain will choose a real Christmas tree this year, the majority opting for a cut tree that will be dispensed with after 12th Night. But there is no reason why this year's tree shouldn't go on to serve your family next year
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Odd job group needs firms to lend a hand
An odd job scheme for the elderly is searching for new sponsors after confirmation that financial support from its main backer will end next year. More than 400 people in the Bradford district have been helped by volunteers from the HandyPerson scheme
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Chile Scout visit still on
A dream trip to Chile for four Keighley Scout members nearly ended over the crisis of former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet. The four are due to jet out to Chile next week to take part in the World Jamboree. But it was not until late on Tuesday
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O come and sing all ye faithful
Marianne Sumner takes a behind the scenes look at the work of Bradford Cathedral Choir Choirmaster and organist Alan Horsey is tired. He is red-eyed and weary. But he cannot hide the infectious enthusiasm which has made his singers the success story they
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Kabeel is ready for ride to recovery
Liver-swap boy Kabeel Mahzar is back home - just a month after a life saving operation. Now all the brave eight-year-old wants for Christmas is a bike so he can ride beside his younger brother and two older sisters. Kabeel, who lives in Shipley, was rushed
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Top class Bradford take four team titles
Bradford schools grabbed four of the eight titles in the West Yorkshire Schools Table Tennis Championships at Armley Sports Centre, Leeds. And among the title-winners were Lady Lane Park School ,who have been bidding to win a championship for a number
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No medals yet but City are on course
With Bradford City's game against Wolves today marking the halfway stage of their season, any interim report must read: 'Excellent progress, but still a lot of hard work ahead'. The Bantams caught many in football by surprise during the summer when they
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Mike Priestley: North of Watford
There aren't many reasons to be thankful to the European Union, I think. But the ban on certain antibiotics in animal feed is certainly one of them. No conclusive evidence has yet been produced to demonstrate that the residues of these drugs in meat could
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Anger at 'wasted' Superdome years
The £200 million pound Odsal Superdome plan is expected to be finally dropped at the end of the year. Bradford councillors agreed to to re-market Odsal Stadium for redevelopment when their contract with Superdome UK officially ends on December 31. And
